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Wagon Running-Gear.

No 78,913. Patenteddune 16,1868.

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JOSEPH F. APPLEGATE, OF NEW ALBANY, lNDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 78,913, dated June 16, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. APPLEGATE, ofNew Albany, in the county ofFloyd, and in the State of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Wagons, and the mode of loading and unloading the same;and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification-- Figure 1represents a plan view of my wagon.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation.

Figure 3 represents a bottom view.

In the figures, A and A represent the axles of any ordinary wagon, and BB the wheels which support said axles. This wagon is constructed in itsgeneral features similar to those in ordinary use. 0 represents thereach or perch-pole, which is made of metal, and which has a series ofholes in its forward end, through which the king-bolt passes, for thepurpose of regulating its length. Beneath the hind hounds E, and runningin line with the perch-pole, is a case or sheath, D, which is made ofmetal, and which receives the rear end of the perch-pole.

A pin, cl, passes through the case or sheath D, to prevent the end ofthe perch-pole from entering it further than a given distance.

When the pin is removed, the axles A and A can be moved toward. eachother, in which event the porchpole slides in the case or sheath D. Uponthe bolster of the rear axle are secured four friction-rollers, a a-.

G represents the wagon-body, which is built in any of the well-known andusual ways and in,a strong and substantial manner. This body has fourbed or bottom rails, which are metal-faced, a portion of their length,on their under sides, and which rest upon the rollers a a.

In the forward end of the bottom'of the body G is formed a slot, e, andthrough this slot the king-bolt passes into the forward bolster andthe'forward end of the perch-pole. The king-bolt is extended from thebolster to a point above the top of the body, has a gradual curve in ittoward the rear of the wagon, and is provided on its upper end with asuitable adjustable head.

J and I represent stops, which project downward from the under side ofthe body G, and whichservc to prevent the hind axle from moving eitherforward or backward beyond them. 7 1 7 When this wagon is to be used'for dumping, the pin d is removed. As soon, then, as the team commencesto back, the perch-pole slips into the case D, the hind wheels remainingstationary, and the body rolls backward, over the rollers a a, on thehindbolster, until the stops I strike the rear axle, said stop being soarranged that just before it strikes the axle, the body will begin totilt backward. As soon as the body has tilted, and discharged its load,the team is started forward, and the king-bolt H, drawing upon the body,draws it forward, until the stops J strike against the axle A. Just,however, as these stops are about to strike, the forward part of thebody ovcrbalances the rear part, and the said body at once assumes itsproper horizontal position upon the wagon. I

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

a 1. The perch-pole 0, used in combination with the case or sheath ofthe rear hounds, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The body-Gr, provided with the stops I and J and used in combinationwith the rollers a a and the extension perch-pole C, as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The extended king-bolt G, in combination with the body G and theperch-pole C, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim March, 1868 the foregoing improvements, I hayehereunto set my hand, this 12th day of JOSEPH F. APPLEGATE.

Witnesses: I

FRANK A. ADAMS, H. H. Bremen.

